Wearing apparel



March 4-, 1941. WQLF 2,234,035

WEARING APPAREL Filed Aug. 16, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. Jan/m2WOLF BY MAM ATTORNEY.

March 4,1941. A, OL 2,234,035

WEARING APPAREL Filed Aug. 16, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 "AQTHUR Walk/7' MmMW ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 4, 1941 UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE Application August 16,

3 Claims.

My invention relates to wearing apparels, and more particularly to awearing apparel provided with a collar and/or cuffs permanently attachedto the body of the wearing apparel.

Although wearing apparels, for example shirts, with permanently attachedcollar and cuffs have certain advantages over wearing apparels withdetachable collar and cuffs, they have the disadvantage that portions ofthe collar and cuffs, especially the edges of the collar and cuffs, areworn out before the body proper of the apparel is Worn out, so that theapparel must be prematurely thrown away.

One object of my invention is to provide a Wearing apparel withpermanently attached collar and/or cuffs, which are reversible, so thatthe collar and/or cuffs may be easily reconditioned when portionsthereof originally worn at the outside are worn out.

In order to carry out my invention into practice, I provide a wearingapparel comprising at least one multi-ply piece of fabric, said piece offabric having at least two outer plies and one intermediate ply, theinner edges of a first outer 25 ply and of the intermediate ply beingpermanently attached to the body of the wearing apparel by a permanentconnection, the inner edge of the second outer ply being detachablysecured to one of the outer sides of the connection between the body ofthe apparel and said first and intermediate ply by means of a detachableconnection, the exposed edges of the three plies of said piece of fabricbeing permanently connected with each other by permanent connections,and said second outer ply being adapted to be overturned about saidexposed edges for securing its inner edge to the other outer side ofsaid connection after the removal of said detachable connection.

The above mentioned objects and advantages as well as other objects andadvantages of my invention will be more fully disclosed in the followingspecification reference being had to the accompanying drawings formingpart of this specification, in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a portion of a shirt with a permanentlyattached reversible collar,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevational View of the upper portion of theshirt with the collar, said view showing the inner face of the collarwith the latter opened out to show the contour thereof, portions of thecollar and neck-band being broken away to show concealed portions of the55. collar and neck-band,

1939, Serial No. 290,334

Fig 3 is a cross-section taken on line 3-3 of Fi 2,

Figs. 4-6 are cross-sections similar to that shown in Fig. 3,illustrating various positions of one outer ply of the collar during thereversion thereof,

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary elevational view of the left hand portion of afurther embodiment of the upper portion of a shirt with a collarattached thereto,

Fig. 8 is a cross-section taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 7, r

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary elevational view of the left hand portion ofstill a further embodiment of theupper portion of a shirt with a collarattached thereto,

Fig. 10 is across-section taken on line l0l0 of Fig. 9,

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of a portion of the sleeve of a shirt witha permanently attached reversible cuff, I

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary elevational view of the sleeve with the cuff,said view showing the inner face of the cuff with the latter opened outto show the contour thereof, p0rti0ns of the cuff being broken away toshow concealed portions thereof,

Fig. 13 is a cross-section taken on line |3--l3 of Fig. 12,

Figs. 14-16 are cross-sections similar to that shown in Fig. 13,illustrating various positions of one outer ply of the cuff during thereversion .thereof, and

Fig. 17 is a cross-sectional view of a different embodiment of areversible cufi.

Referring now to Figs, 1-3, 20 generally indicates the reversiblecollar, 22 generally indicates the neck-band, and 24 generally indicatesthe shirt. The reversible collar 20 comprises three plies made of thesame material, 1. e.the first outer ply 26, the intermediate ply 28, andthe second outer ply 30. The exposed edges 32, 34, 36 of said plies arepermanently connected with each other by permanent seams 38. The inneredges 40, 42, 44 of the plies of the collar are attached to theneck-band as will be described hereinafter. The neck-band 22 comprisesthe two outer layers 46 and and the stiffening lining 50. The lining 50is embraced by the inturned hems of the outer layer 48. The lower edgesof the layers 46 and 48 and the lining 50 are permanently secured to theupper portion of the shirt 24 by means of a permanent seam 52. Thestiffening lining 50 could be omitted, if desired.

The inner edges 40 and 42 of the outer ply 26 and p the intermediate ply28 of the collar are inserted 1 in the space between the upper edges ofthe layers 46 and 88 of the neck-band and are permanently securedthereto by means of a permanent seam 54. The inner edge 64 of the secondouter 1 ply 36 of the collar has an inturned hem 56, and a rip band 58is placed between said hem 56 and the outer layer 48 of the neck-band.The

stitches of a removable seam or rip seam 66 pass through the inner edge.44 of. the outer ply 36, the rip band 58 and the inner edges of theplies 26 and 28 and the upper edges of the layers 46 and 68. Thus, theinner edge 44 of the second outer ply 36 of the collar is detachablysecured to one of the outer sides of the connection between theneck-band 22 and the first outer ply 26 and the intermediate ply 28 ofthe collar 20. Preferably, the rip band is provided with a loop 62projecting from the inner edge 44 of the ply 36. The stitches of theremovable seam 66 do not pass through said loop 62. cilitates thegripping of the rip band, when the removable seam shall be ripped by apulling out of the rip band.

Preferably all of the three plies. 26, 28, 36 of the collar 20 areprovided with decorative blind seams 64, 6.5., 68 near the exposed edges32, 34, 36 Ifdesired, a stiffening lining similar to the lining 56. ofthe neck-band may be arranged be- I tween the first outer ply 26 and theintermediate ply 28 of the collar.

Fig. 1 illustrates the normal position of the collar 26 in use. The sameposition, is indicated in Fig. 3 by dash and dotted lines. As pointed,out above, the inner edges of the plies 26 and 28 of the collar 26 arepermanently secured to the two layers 46, 88 of the neck-band 22embracing same, and the inner edge of the ply 30 of the collar' isdetachably secured to the outside of the neck-band. If, for any reason,a reversion of the collar is desired, the following steps are carriedout: The collar and the upper portion of the shirt are opened out asshown in Fig. 2. This position is indicated in Fig. 3 by the solidlines. Then the loop 62 of the rip band 58 is gripped by the fingers ofa hand, and the rip band is pulled out, whereby the removable seam 66 isripped and the connection between the inner edge 44 of the ply 30 andthe neck-band 22 :is destroyed as shown in Fig. 4. The permanent seam54, however, maintains the attachment of the plies 26 and 28 to theneck-band. Now, the hem 56 is turned into the position 56' (see Fig. 5),and the entire ply 36 is overturned about the exposed edges 32, 34, 36in the direction of the arrow A (see Fig. 5), until it reaches theposition shown in Fig. 6, in which its. inner edge M contacts the otheroutside of the neck-band 22.

Then, the ply 30 is secured in itsnew position and its fresh surface 3|previously being inside the collar 26 (see Fig. 5) is now on the outsidethereof as shown in Fig. 6. The ply 26 now becomes the intermediate ply,and the previously protected intermediate ply- 28 becomes an Outer ply.

Said loop fa- While Figs. 1-6 show a reversible collar permanentlyattached to the neck-band forming a part of the shirt, a detachablecollar could be rendered reversible in the same manner. In such a casethe neck-band would form a part of the collar. 7

Figs. 7 and 8 show a different embodiment of a reversible collar 20permanently attached to the shirt 24. In this event, a special neck-bandis omitted; the so-called neck-band forms an integral part of the pliesof the collar 26. The inner edges of the outer ply 26 and theintermediate ply 28 embrace the upper portion of the shirt 24 and arepermanently secured thereto by a permanent seam. The inner edge of thereversible outer ply 36 is detachably secured to the intermediate ply 28by a rip band 58 and rip seam. The button 23 and the button hole in theother side of the collar (not shown) are arranged on the lower portionof the collar. The exposed edges 32, 34 of the plies of the collar areconnected with each other bypermanent seams. The collar may be revertedin the same manner as described in connection with Figs. 3-6.

The embodiment of a reversible collar 26 shown in Figs. 9 and 10 issimilar to that shown in Figs. 7 and 8 with the only exception, that thelower portion of the collar does not have the extension 25 shown in Fig.7', and that the button 23 and the button hole (not shown) are arrangedon the upper portion of the shirt 24.

Figs. 11-13 illustrate a sleeve of an apparel provided with apermanently attached cuff, which is reversible according to the sameprinciple as pointed out above in connection with the description of thecollar. The cuff I20 comprises three plies, ie. the outer plies I26,I36- and the intermediate ply I28; All of the plies are made of the samematerial and are provided with blind seams. The exposed edges I32, I34,I36 of said three plies are permanently connected with each other bypermanent seams I38. A stiffening lining not shown in the drawings maybe inserted between the plies I26 and I28. The inner edges I48 and I013of'the plies I26 and I28 embrace the fabric I26 of the sleeve and arepermanently secured thereto by a permanent seam I54. A rip band I58 isplaced between the inner edges I42 and I'M of the plies "I28 and I36,and the ply I36 is; detachably securedto the ply I26 by a removable.seam or rip seam I66, the stitches of which pass through the rip band.Each ply is provided with two pairs of button holes I12, H6, H6 andtheplies I26 and I28 are connected with each other at the button holesI12, I14, by the button hole stitches or eyelet stitches I18 passingthrough both plies. The button hole stitches I88 of the button holes N6.of the ply I30, however, do not. pass through the plies I26 and I28, sothat the ply I36 may be overturned about the exposed edges I32, I34, I36for a reversion of the cuff, after the removable seam I56 has beenripped by pulling out the rip band I58. The individual steps of thereversion of the cuff are illustrated in Figs. 13-16 and do not need,further explanation, as they are the same as the. steps for thereversion of the collar illustrated in Figs. 3-6. In the reverted cuff,the ply I36 lies on the ply I26, which now is an intermediate ply. Theply I 36 is secured in its new position by means of a seam I78. Afterthe reversion of the cuff the latter is folded in the usual manner asshown in Fig. 11.

Fig. 17 illustrates a further; embodiment of my reversible culT. The plyI36 is shorter than the plies I26 and I28, so that only one pair ofbutton holes I76 is needed for the ply I30. The ply I30 is detachablysecured to the ply I28 at a place spaced from the inner edge of the plyI28, said place being below the upper pair of button holes I72, I'M ofthe plies I26, I28 as seen in Fig. 17.

Figs. 11-17 illustrate a cufi permanently attached to a sleeve. Ifdesired, however, a separate reversible cuff could be constructedaccording to the same principle. In this case, however, the piece offabric indicated by I24 in Figs. 13-17 would form a separate strip to beattached to the sleeve of the shirt and would not be integral with theshirt.

Instead of the rip band and rip seam, any other type of an easilyremovable or detachable connection may be used for the detachablesecuring of the ply 3D or I30 respectively, and I do not Wish to belimited to the use of the rip band and rip seam shown in the drawings.

I have described preferred embodiments of my invention, but it is clearthat numerous changes and omissions may be made without departing fromthe spirit of my invention. For example the reversible collar and/orcuffs could be attached to other apparels than shirts, for exampleblouses.

What I claim is:

1. In a wearing apparel, a multi-ply collar, said collar consisting ofat least two outer plies and one intermediate ply, said outer plies andsaid intermediate ply consisting of the same material, the inner edgesof a first outer ply and of the intermediate ply embracing an edge ofthe fabric of the apparel and being permanently secured to said fabricby a permanent seam, the inner edge of the second outer ply beingdetachably secured to the intermediate ply by a removable seam, theexposed edges of the three plies of the collar being permanentlyconnected with each other by permanent seams, and said second outer plybeing adapted to be overturned about said exposed edges for securing itsinner edge to the first outer ply after the removal of said removableseam.

2. In a Wearing apparel, a neck-band, said neck-band embodying at leasttwo layers, and a multi-plycollar, said collar consisting of at leasttwo outer plies and one intermediate ply, said outer plies and saidintermediate ply consisting of the same material, the inner edges of afirst outer ply and of the intermediate ply being embraced by said twolayers of the neck-band and being permanently secured thereto by apermanent seam, the inner edge of the second outer ply being detachablysecured to the outside of one of said layers of the neck-band by aremovable seam, the exposed edges of the three plies of said collarbeing permanently connected with each other by permanent seams, and saidsecond outer ply being adapted to be overturned about said exposed edgesfor securing its inner edge to the outside of the other layer of theneck-band after the removal of said removable seam.

3. A reversible collar comprising a neck-band, and at least three pliesmade of the same material, said neck-band embodying at least two layers, the inner edges of a first outer ply and of the intermediate ply ofthe collar being embraced by said two layers of the neck-band and beingpermanently secured thereto by a permanent scam, the inner edge of thesecond outer ply of the collar being detachably secured to the outsideof one of said layers of the neck-band by a removable seam, the exposededges of the three plies of said collar being permanently connected witheach other by permanent seams, and

said second outer ply being adapted to be overturned about said exposededges for securing its inner edge to the outside of the other layer ofthe neck-band after the removal of said removable seam.

ARTHUR WOLF.

